East Asian Civilization II

Selected topics in the civilizations of pre-modern Asia (from the Sung dynasty through the twentieth century in China, from the Tokugawa period through the twentieth century in Japan, and from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century in Korea), with an emphasis on literary, philosophical, and visual culture. No knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean is necessary. EAST 230 and 235 are complements of each other and may be taken in either order